What blows my mind is the dumb stuff apple fans get excited over. I draw on an ipad every day. I select tools every couple minutes. I'm never going to be looking at a drop shadow thats under the pen.
It's just not that interesting.
It's just not that interesting.
My MBP before that had a weird bug where if the screen was completely off (which I routinely did at night so I could listen to a podcast while falling asleep), after right around 5 minutes it would suddenly blast the screen at full brightness, which lit up the room and shocked me back awake. I ended up "fixing" the bug by cutting out a piece of tin foil and taping it to the screen. Absolutely maddening when you're paying a premium for stuff that "just works" and the company (tightly) controls the entire stack to "ensure the quality user experience." After that point I finally had enough and just bought a Lenovo laptop and had a much better experience with Linux on it.
I think Apple makes some great hardware, and I wish it was more open/hacker friendly, but damn Apple is absolutely a religion to some people, and they don't take criticism well.
Now that said, I do think the vast majority of Apple customers are just like you. The super fans are just a very loud minority. Some Linux communities have the same problem where a small number of very loud assholes can overwhelm the average voice.
* Discussion of iPad not supporting desktop workloads like macOS despite costing as much as a MBP
* Discussion of the Apple mouse
* Discussion of EU regulation
* Discussion of the monopolistic nature of App stores and fees
Forums can make tiny groups of people look large because they all aggregate in one place.
The same thing allowed flat earthers and such to believe they have huge numbers of supporters.